Ready for the cruise around Malta

photo by Anne Pflug — On the Fernandes, ready to start…

It was a beautiful day, just right for a cruise around the island of Malta. We boarded a Turkish gullet, The Fernandes, and were very excited to spend this gorgeous day at sea. We picked up the schooner in Sliema and were soon on our way, northward towards Gozo. It was a perfect day.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances my book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos. The book is available through Amazon and other book stores.

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The Seven Story Street

Malta, the country where I was born, tends to be very hilly in some places. Case in point. The last time I was there, I spent time in a hotel in Mellieha. The Preluna Hotel and Spa occupied seven stories and all of them went out to the street. The street itself is made up of steps, seven stories worth and all the floors had an exit to the street. It had swimming pools on three levels, all street-side. At first it was very confusing and hard to imagine. Once we got used to it, it had advantages. No matter what floor you were on, you can walk out to the street on that level. This is not the only hilly street in Malta; the capital city, Valletta, a;so has its share. Walking around town becomes an exhausting experience.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances the book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos.

Another Parade, again…

Malta is a country with many churches and, of course, each church has a patron saint. As a result, every week at least one church celebrates the feast of its patron saint. Here we are in St. Julian’s, celebrating the feast of St. Julian. This is a great opportunity for tourists to see many colorful costumes, hear wonderful bands and learn something about the history and costumes of ancient Malta. Most weeks, Malta celebrates more than one patron saint so that tourists have many options to travel, not too far, to these “Festas”. Restaurants and bars on the main streets set up outside tables for watching the activities while enjoying their food and drink.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances the book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos.

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Returning ….

After cruising past the eastern coast of Malta, seeing coves, cliffs and a variety of inlets, we again reach the populated area of St. Julian’s, Sliema and then Valletta and arrive back ‘home’. It was a beautiful cruise. Well worth spending the day on the Mediterranean.

This blog annevisitsmalta.com enhances the book Return to Malta by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos.

Finally, my book!

I would like to announce the recent publication of my book, Return to Melita, a travelogue and a memoir.

This book is a compilation of several trips I have made to Malta, the land of my birth. I usually went there with friends and/or relatives and visited many tourist attractions and places of interest. I tried to include comments made by new visitors as well as my recollections from the past, when I lived there.

Return to Melita is available in the Kindle version as well as hard book copy and can be purchased at most book stores as well as at Amazon.com.

You will note that I changed the title to Return to Malta. I did this to make access to the book easier on Amazon. Melita was the original name of the islands, given by the Romans, many years ago.

This blog, annevisitsmalta.com enhances the book by visiting most of the places mentioned in the book with color photos.

Hope you enjoy both!

A ride in “old Malta”

photographer unknown — an old photograph – riding a donkey in the Maltese countryside

Here I am, as a child, over 60 years ago. We enjoyed these rides taken to visit relatives far from the cities.

If you enjoyed this, much more information is available in my published book: Return to Malta which can be purchased from Amazon.com